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On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David Plotz, and special guest Will Saletan discuss the campaign’s home stretch, Indiana GOP senate candidate Richard Mourdock's controversial comments and the Republicans' continuing "rape problem," and the Castle Doctrine.

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